Noticias

PKPI confident of passing electoral threshold

03 Abr 2014
Indonesia
Fuente: 
The Jakarta Post

The Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKPI) says it is confident of meeting the 3.5 percent electoral threshold and of winning a seat in the House of Representatives during the upcoming legislative election.

The PKPI's deputy secretary-general, Rully Soekarta, said on Thursday that despite its optimism, the party would keep a lookout for any attempted fraud to reduce his party's number of votes.

Indonesia opposition to top legislative polls: survey

03 Abr 2014
Indonesia
Fuente: 
The Jakarta Post

Indonesia's main opposition party is set to win a convincing victory at legislative elections next week, boosted by the nomination of the popular Jakarta governor as their presidential candidate, a poll showed.

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) will take 37 percent of the vote at Wednesday's election, a survey of 2,000 people by private pollster Roy Morgan Research suggested.

The poll put the corruption-mired Democratic Party of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in fourth place with 10 percent.

Erdogan emboldened for presidential run

03 Abr 2014
Turquía
Fuente: 
Al-Monitor

After the highly charged and polarized period leading up to the March 30 municipal elections, the people of Turkey remained glued to their TV screens until the early hours of March 31, following nail-biting races in a number of cities, especially the one in Ankara, the capital. One would think that the day after the elections would be a day to rest and recover from the hassle and fatigue. It wasn't to be.

No succession in Golkar, Aburizal says

03 Abr 2014
Indonesia
Fuente: 
The Jakarta Post

Golkar Party chairman and presidential candidate Aburizal Bakrie has rejected reports predicting a change of party leadership in the near future, saying that all Golkar officials were concentrating on winning the legislative and presidential elections.

“Someone has come up with the idea that there will be a leadership change, which is not the case,” he told journalists in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), on Thursday, as quoted by Antara.

Legislative Candidates Face Criticism for Avoiding Tough Issues

03 Abr 2014
Indonesia
Fuente: 
Jakarta Globe

Jakarta. As political campaigns heat up ahead of the April 9 legislative elections, critics have voiced concerns that candidates have been too wrapped up in political rivalries to address controversial issues, such as family planning, tobacco control and human rights.

National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN) head Fasli Jalal said that no prominent candidates had mentioned Indonesia’s population boom or family-planning policy during the official campaign period.

Mauritanie: échec de négociations pour relancer le dialogue

03 Abr 2014
Mauritania
Fuente: 
Mauriweb

Le pouvoir et l’opposition en Mauritanie ont échoué mardi après-midi lors d’une première réunion préparatoire de leurs négociations sur l’élection présidentielle prévue mi-2014 à la suite d’un désaccord autour de préalables posés par le gouvernement.

Aucune indication n’a été donnée sur les conséquences de ce premier couac dans les pourparlers mais, de sources proches du pouvoir, on affirme que « le contact n’est pas rompu » et que des « efforts seront poursuivis pour parvenir à un accord ».

Surveys Show Kalla Popularity Among Joko Running Mate Contenders

03 Abr 2014
Indonesia
Fuente: 
Jakarta Globe

Jakarta. According to the results of two surveys announced yesterday, Jusuf Kalla — the Golkar Party’s 2009 presidential candidate and former vice president to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono — is the most popular contender among voters to run alongside Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) candidate Joko Widodo.

In a United Data Center (PDB) survey, the pairing was preferred by 18.8 percent of respondents. The survey, which focused on the top-three contenders ‚ Joko, Prabowo and Aburizal — spoke with 1,500 respondents in 33 provinces.

Legislative Election Day Declared a Public Holiday

03 Abr 2014
Indonesia
Fuente: 
Jakarta Globe

Jakarta. The government, through the Manpower and Transmigration Ministry, on Tuesday announced that the 2014 legislative election set for next Wednesday would be a public holiday for employees.

“We have reached the decision so that employees across the country can concentrate on the elections without being burdened by work,” said Manpower and Transmigration Ministry secretary general Abdul Wahab Bangkona.

In search of peace: Sunni and Shia elders hold jirga at DC’s office

03 Abr 2014
Pakistán
Fuente: 
The Express Tribune
HANGU: In a bid to help restore peace and end sectarian violence in the district, a jirga of Sunni and Shia elders was convened at the deputy commissioner’s office on Wednesday.

Malik Farman, Zaheer Hussain, Rahmat Hussain and Maulana Abdul Sattar, Rahim Umar and Noor Khan represented the two sects at the office of Deputy Commissioner Syed Ahmad Jan and discussed multiple issues regarding law and order.

Call for legal control on cyber crime

03 Abr 2014
Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Fuente: 
Khaleej Times

Under the patronage of Lt. General Shaikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, the fifth International Cyber Crimes Conference has started in Abu Dhabi in conjunction with the International Exhibition for Security and National Resilience (ISNR Abu Dhabi 2014). 

 

The event is organised by the Ministry of Interior and Institute of Training and Judicial Studies, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and the National Electronic Security Authority (NESA).

Will Afghanistan’s elections end the county’s plague of war?

03 Abr 2014
Afganistán
Fuente: 
The Daily Star Lebanon

As it braces for its presidential election in April, Afghanistan finds itself at another critical juncture, with its unity and territorial integrity at stake after 35 years of relentless war. Can the country finally escape the cycle of militancy and foreign intervention that has plagued it for more than three decades?

Concertations pouvoir-opposition : Un dialogue mort-né !

03 Abr 2014
Mauritania
Fuente: 
Le Rénovateur Quotidien

C’est hier mercredi 2 avril courant que les différents pôles politiques mauritaniens devaient se retrouver pour esquisser une feuille de route pour l’organisation consensuelle de la future présidentielle, officiellement maintenue à son agenda électoral fixé initialement par la CENI au 21 juin prochain.

Des retrouvailles qui présagent un dialogue mort-né, une rencontre de forme dés lors où tous les pôles restent inflexibles sur leurs conditions d’entrée dans les discussions.

Tentative de distraction du peuple malien à travers le journal Le Monde

03 Abr 2014
Malí
Fuente: 
Maliactu

Depuis le 28 mars, date de la publication de l’article du journal Le Monde, intitulé «La justice sur la piste du parrain des parrains», les commentaires vont bon train. Certains applaudissent et poussent un ouf de soulagement. Au nombre de ceux-ci, il y aurait un certain Soumaïla Cissé, qui, selon le journal Le Républicain, dont le fondateur n’est autre que Tiébilé Dramé, son compagnon de circonstance, futle premier à s’exclamer, en ces termes «l’on m’accuse de détournement, ce n’est pas de moi qu’on parle dans Le Monde».

Session parlementaire extraordinaire sur la politique générale du gouvernement

03 Abr 2014
Mauritania
Fuente: 
Alakhbar

 Le Parlement mauritanien est convoqué en session extraordinaire lundi 7avril, selon un communiqué de la Présidence de la République. L'ordre du jour porte sur la déclaration de politique générale du Gouvernement .

La session va également examiner divers projets de loi: la convention de l'Union Africaine sur la prévention et la lutte contre le terrorisme adoptée à Addis Abeba le 8 juillet 2004.

Spanner in the works: LG minister skeptical about holding polls this year

03 Abr 2014
Pakistán
Fuente: 
The Express Tribune

PESHAWAR: Provincial Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Inayatullah Khan feels the apex court’s decision regarding fresh delimitation has created confusion.

Khan told The Express Tribune they respect the Supreme Court’s verdict but carrying out delimitation again would take a lot of time and it would be impossible for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to complete the process within a year. The apex court has ordered the provinces to hold the local government (LG) polls by November 15 this year.

Observation de la prochaine présidentielle: L’ONG américaine NDI ne viendra pas

02 Abr 2014
Argelia
Fuente: 
El Watan

Après l’Union européenne (UE), c’est au tour de l’ONG américaine National Democratic Institute (NDI) de décliner l’invitation des autorités pour l’observation de l’élection présidentielle du 17 avril prochain. Motif : délais insuffisants pour une observation de ce scrutin selon des standards internationaux.

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